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The Xdialog below ask for a name. $ Xdialog --inputbox "Please enter your name:" 20 60 Byron Note that the input from the Xdialog is printed on the terminal. Now let's try to capture that information into a file. $ Xdialog --inputbox "Please enter your name:" 20 60 > myname Byron $ cat myname $Oops?! Note that the input from the Xdialog is STILL printed on the terminal, and the file is empty. Why? Because by default Xdialog writes to the standard error file. Solution: use the --stdout option for Xdialog. $ Xdialog --stdout --inputbox "Please enter your name:" 20 60 > myname $ cat myname Byron $This is better. However it creates unnecessary files. We need to be able to transfer directly into a variable. The command substitution notation: $(cmd) along with assignment solves the problem. $ name=$(Xdialog --stdout --inputbox "Please enter your name:" 20 60) $ echo $name Byron |